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"Mr Bourlanges’s excellent report has come as we approach the fifth anniversary of Tampere in 1999, which attempted to establish an area of freedom, security and justice.
In some respects, the situation we are facing in this plenary is a snapshot of what we have experienced over the past five years. The Commission has always been present, with Mr Vitorino’s intelligence and tenacity – and I wish to extend my greetings to him – and the Council, when it has not been absent, has proved incapable of making decisions. I look at the Council’s empty chair and I have the image of what has happened over the past five years in the area of freedom, security and justice.
I would like to believe that the European Council of 5 November will be what Parliament was asking for in Mr Ribeiro e Castro’s resolution. What we proposed was a Tampere II to evaluate the area of freedom, security and justice and to set fresh targets and timetables, with urgency and determination. I must say, Mr Vitorino, that I feel that the agenda for the 5 November Council, to which the Commission also contributed greatly, is a highly practical approach. I agree with the overall principles of the political guidelines for the multi-annual programme. The main priority must be to fight international terrorism by means of an across-the-board anti-terrorist strategy, at both EU Member State level and on a worldwide scale.
At the same time, there must be a policy of protecting and promoting fundamental rights and freedoms. Special attention must also be paid to aspects such as controlling migratory flows, running the Border Management Agency, starting up the Visa Information System (VIS) and the second generation of the Schengen Information System, and stepping up security in the area of travel documents and visas.
Lastly, I should like to say to the absent Council that if setting up this area of freedom, security and justice is really one of the EU’s main political priorities, this must be clearly reflected in the allocation of sufficient funding in the coming Financial Perspectives. Thank you very much."@en1
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